Bond is back! After 10 years out of print, the world's greatest secret agent returns, in two classic adventures brought together in a deluxe James Bond collectors' library paperback edition! When an old friend's body is found in the Alps 20 years after he disappeared, James Bond quickly finds himself caught between Nazi gold, the Chinese Tongs and the eight-armed embrace of Octopussy! And Bond encounters more mortal danger beneath the waves whilst trailing a missing submarine in The Hildebrand Rarity! The second volume in this series contains an exclusive introduction from Octopussy herself, Maud Adams, and background material on the history of James Bond!
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"007 fans will bond over super spy strips." -- Montgomery Advertiser Dec 19 2004
"Full of insights which will delight obsessives...this is a timely and entertaining release." -- The List Magazine, 8-22 July 2004, review by Dave Martin
"Titan continues to put lovers of the intelligent, adult strip in its debt with these reprints..." -- Crime Time 42 Magazine
"Full of insights which will delight obsessives...this is a timely and entertaining release." -- The List Magazine, 8-22 July 2004, review by Dave Martin
"Titan continues to put lovers of the intelligent, adult strip in its debt with these reprints..." -- Crime Time 42 Magazine
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By M. Crossman
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This was the second volume released by Titan Books in their reprint series of the James Bond Daily Express newspaper comic strips.
We start with an introduction by Maude Adams before taking in part 2 of the non fiction series "Bond In Books".
Following that is the first strip in the collection, the titular "Octopussy" which is then followed by "The Hildebrandt Variety". Whilst both stories are based on Fleming's shorts of the same names The Daily Express did do them justice and they read longer than the originals.
A superb collection for any Bond fan.
We start with an introduction by Maude Adams before taking in part 2 of the non fiction series "Bond In Books".
Following that is the first strip in the collection, the titular "Octopussy" which is then followed by "The Hildebrandt Variety". Whilst both stories are based on Fleming's shorts of the same names The Daily Express did do them justice and they read longer than the originals.
A superb collection for any Bond fan.
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Adaptations that would make Fleming proud
24 Feb 2005
By DARBY KERN
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Octopussy, the short story by Ian Fleming is a great little story about James Bond paying a visit to a man who murdered one of his friends 20 years earlier and "taking care" of him. It's short, sweet, not too confusing and filled with Flemings trademark, quality writing. As a comic strip, which would normally focus on action, it should have been a disaster. This adaptation by James Lawrence and Yaroslav Horak is AMAZING.
They succeed by using the short story and embellishing it in ways that take nothing away from the original. They add a backstory that fleshes out the characters in great ways.
In the original story the murdered man was one of Bond's mentors, the man that taught him to ski among other things. In the comic version we meet his family and see that there was so much more to the man, and his relationship to 007. Action sequences are added where needed and true to Fleming's style, there are sexy moments.
As if that weren't enough, this volume also contains the story, THE HILDEBRAND RARITY, originally from the FOR YOUR EYES ONLY collection. Again, Lawrence and Horak take one of Fleming's thinner stories and flesh it out to a proper length and character. Again they succeed admirably.
These strips were published in the London Daily Telegraph between November of 1966 and December of 1967, but they feel as fresh today as they did 35 years ago. The stories and the art is timeless- both a tribute to Ian Fleming's work and that of Lawrence and Horak.
They succeed by using the short story and embellishing it in ways that take nothing away from the original. They add a backstory that fleshes out the characters in great ways.
In the original story the murdered man was one of Bond's mentors, the man that taught him to ski among other things. In the comic version we meet his family and see that there was so much more to the man, and his relationship to 007. Action sequences are added where needed and true to Fleming's style, there are sexy moments.
As if that weren't enough, this volume also contains the story, THE HILDEBRAND RARITY, originally from the FOR YOUR EYES ONLY collection. Again, Lawrence and Horak take one of Fleming's thinner stories and flesh it out to a proper length and character. Again they succeed admirably.
These strips were published in the London Daily Telegraph between November of 1966 and December of 1967, but they feel as fresh today as they did 35 years ago. The stories and the art is timeless- both a tribute to Ian Fleming's work and that of Lawrence and Horak.
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Like the rest ... awesome!
30 Aug 2011
By Knife G
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I have started collecting them now. another fleming classic in picture form that follows the original novels. having read the books and seen the movies a kazillion times, i am reading these GNs over and over again. Enjoy!
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